This time have one which appears to be verifiably from a medical school – Warwick Medical School in fact.
I did not find the introductory music particularly restful. It is not the first time I have wished that I could edit videos on YouTube (so that I only get the nice bits). (The music quits at nine seconds – in case you want to forward it).
Dr Gill turns up a lot on YouTube and I have no doubt will crop up again in another blog item. He has a very restful voice (well in the videos, I don’t know him personally you understand.)
Respiratory Examination
Not unexpectedly Warwick Medical School has quite a number of such videos. Not all of which are spectacular from the ASMR point of view (it was not their purpose in life let’s face it).
Roughly one hundred and nineteen videos as at today – too many I think to cover in one blog item (unless you’re reading this in order to get some sleep in which case I’m sure that it would have been ideal. I’m sorry to disappoint.)
Fortunately they have been considerate enough to provide their own playlist for this purpose:
Here:
This is still forty three videos long however – perhaps sufficient for a whole series of blog items (now there’s a thought).
I notice that of the forty three – nineteen are actually on the YouTube channel of Dr James Gill himself rather than that of Warwick Medical School – well that’s convenient.
As Dr James Gill has a good voice and his own channel, I suspect we will be returning to him at a future date and so we can discount the videos on his channel for the current moment.
One of the forty three videos comes up flagged as private so we have forty two less nineteen to look at.
That will make this a very long blog post.
If you just want your ASMR kicks scroll right to the end where you will find the playlist details.
Clinical Examination
This is also part of the cranial nerve exam videos – a subject which appears to be very popular on YouTube amongst ASMR devotees.
Clinical Examination
Dr Gill again – obviously a prolific supplier of YouTube videos. I look forward to exploring his channel in a later blog article. This is also a further video in the cranial nerve series, which is proving as popular as the reflex hammer videos about which entire compilations have been put together. (I am not a great fan of compilation videos unless the source videos just cannot be found.)
Clinical Examination
I’m pretty sure this does not qualify under the current category of medical examination as it is more of an instruction video. Actually it is rather good, so I’ll make an exception and add it to the playlist in any case.
Clinical Skills
Dr Gill again, although it is also an instruction video I’m also well-disposed to it and so it is going into the playlist (also it has the benefit of lacking any additional peppy music).
Clinical Examination
Here we see Aden again (as the patient). He seems to crop up in a few of these.
Clinical Examination
Aden crops up again but here he is the medical student in the doctor role. Actually the video is rather good – perhaps a large number of medical students are naturally softly spoken.
Annotated – Clinical Examination
Dr Gill again in another early video – if you’ve stuck with this you’ll recognise the patient as well.
Clinical Examination of – The Shoulder
And yet more Dr Gill (I said he was prolific).
Hip Clinical Examination
I love the fact that Dr Gill asks the “patient” to show him his umbilicus as if this was a reasonably well known term. I had to look it up – it’s your belly button by the way.
Clinical Skills Tutorial
There is something wrong with the sound on this one – it is significantly quieter than the others here. So I think I will drop this one from the playlist.
Clinical History Example
For me the voices in this one are less relaxing so this too I’ll discount from the playlist.
Warwick Approach to Clinical History Taking
Again, not really an ASMR inducer so this one isn’t on the playlist.
Breast Clinical Examination
Not what you’d expect. The person involved is wearing a plastic pair – which I think means I can include it without causing offence. Let me know if offended and I’ll delete it from the playlist.
Breast Examination Models
These are obviously the same as the plastic pair the person was wearing in the video above. Not desperately marvellous from an ASMR point of view though so I will not include it in the playlist.
The Shoulder
Again this voice isn’t quite right for me, so I won’t include it in the playlist. I include these videos only for completeness as different people react differently.
Spine Clinical Examination
Dr James Gill again, the start music is a bit bright but at least it is brief. Not quite as good as the first one but still worthy of inclusion in the playlist I think.
Hand Clinical Examination
What comes home to me in a lot of these ASMR videos is the huge distance between the date of birth of the participants and my own date of birth. In this case 30 years. Fortunately when I am trying to sleep my brain is unlikely to be alert enough to take in what this means for my age – which must be alike to Methuselah now.
Knee Clinical Examination
Dr Gill again – who is starting to seem a significant ASMR asset, the videos in which he appears are quite consistent in terms of relaxing.
Clinical Examination
Dr Gill this time a clinical examination of the respiratory system. Again with the stimulating initial music – it must be some kind of Warwick Medical School brand.
The whole experience conveys an atmosphere of stillness. I can imagine that being treated by Dr Gill is quite destressing.
Thyroid Clinical Examination
Freakily out of focus at the beginning. However that isn’t going to influence any ASMR symptoms. This one features Abbey again (we saw her in the hand clinical examination earlier). This one is really technical in places, I just let it wash over. Let me know if it bothers you and I’ll delete it from the playlist.
The subject of bruit comes up in several of these videos – an audible swishing sound – usually an abnormal one.
Thyroid Examination Demonstration
Dr Gill and Abbey again, who must be the most reliable volunteer in this set so far. If anything this one appears to be more relaxing than some that have gone before in this blog item.
Abdominal System Examination
Dr Gill, and again it starts with the camera fighting for focus. Here Dr Gill is examining David (who I don’t think we’ve seen before). As before a beautifully calm presentation.
Again I’ve created a playlist of these (the longest of this blog so far) which is here:
I’ve updated the complete playlist to reflect the new videos as well
That is here:
I hope that you find it relaxing
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